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Monday, January 19, 2015

Rangers: Save the Farm

The Rangers seem to be going for it this year.   That's fine an good, and they clearly need help on face-offs and in their defensive depth.  Those will probably be addressed, but in so doing the Rangers have to protect the jewels of the farm, which include Duclair, Buchnevich, Skjei, Miller and probably the goalies.

Thus if they are going for help, they'll probably have to trade current roster players.   It will be tough, but the roster players most likely to go for a 3rd C who can win face-offs, would be Hags or even MZA, both of whom are due big raises if retained.  On the defensive side, it would be great if Sather and his advisors could duplicate the Kevin Klein move and trade John Moore for a slightly older more consistent D.  Other parts might be involved, but the future can't be sacrificed like it was during the load up for `94.

5 Comments:

At 9:36 AM, Blogger Lawyer in NJ said...

Another St. Louis type of trade would be sonewhere between upsetting and nauseating.

 
At 9:39 AM, Blogger Lawyer in NJ said...

Worse than '94 was the subsequent Kurri et al trade.

 
At 9:47 AM, Blogger Kalel9 said...

Just need another faceoff guy and D 6th D.

 
At 7:12 PM, Blogger TB said...

We should not have to give up a lot for a #3C and depth D-man......I hope. Agreed, we can not sell out the farm for one shot.

 
At 10:18 AM, Anonymous MBN said...

I think the blog post is correct. Sather must realize that Stephan is a must-sign. That means either Hags or Zucc are vulnerable, as it may be to expensive to sign both.

Maybe 1 plus a guy like Kristo gets us a useful Center who can win face-offs, and plays solid in the D zone. You know, a B. Boyle type (although I am not sure he would have fit under the cap with the contract he ended up with.

 

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